I'm a 27 year old mom of an almost 3 year old little boy, He is my world! Very outgoing, funny, easy to get along with person. Even as a teenager I never belonged to a certain "click" of people, I've always been friends with so many different types of people! I grew up in Akron/Cleveland area of Ohio, in low income neighborhoods for the most part. Didn't have much growing up, never travelled as a family as we were pretty darn poor lol. When I was a teenager I went on my own to visit a friend in Florida and also had driven to Virginia Beach with friends when I was out of highschool, lived in Tennessee for a very short time (only about a year) when I was around 8years old, so I don't remember much. I don't know if it's the Sagittarius in me or not lol but my biggest life dream is to travel and see the world. Being a single working momma it's definitely hard to afford to do that, a friend told me about this so I figured I would look into it! I'm a pretty simple, easy to deal with person. My baby boy and I have what we need, and do as much fun cheap things together as I can, living in now Canal Fulton Ohio, but even Akron where I'm from there just isn't a lot to do. We go to the state parks a lot, and enjoy nature, the trails and caves, the zoo. I'm currently right now mostly just waitressing because honestly as a single mom it's decent, easy quick money and I'm good at it because I'm such a down to earth girl. Was going to college to teach, has been my dream since probably kindergarten, but I honestly despise the way the public schooling system is in the U.S, so I've kinda put that on hold for now. But it is my dream, so it's been hard for me to study anything else at the moment, only other thing I would want to get a degree for would probably be substance abuse counselor or therapist. Mostly because that hits home so much for me. The city I grew up in is just riddled with addicts, don't have relationships with my parents or aunts and uncles due to addiction, lost alot of friends and people I've known to the disease as well, so I feel like aside from teaching that's also something I could make a difference in and enjoy doing it! I matured very young was raising my younger siblings when I myself was just 11 or so years old. Lived on my own from 16 years old. Had a job at 15 as soon I was old enough while in highschool, bought my first beeter car at 16 haha. So even though I'm only 27 and I know that's not old by any means lol it just feels that way to me in a way, been through a lot, always independent, and the one thing I've always really craved to do the most is to see the world and I haven't done crap for traveling. Last time I left Ohio I was 19, flew to visit a friend in Florida for two weeks. Became a mother kind of young at 21 so that became number 1, but now that he's going on 3 and I'm a little more settled and stable as a mom and adult I really want to start traveling! Out of the country like Germany, Ireland, Russia, Greece are some on the too of my list, buuuut I'm gonna start small and stick to travelling as much of the U.S first and then go abroad eventually! But money is a big issue, Lord can travelling be expensive, that's the number 1 reason why I haven't yet. So I'm working on creative ways to follow my dream without spending a fortune but still being able to enjoy it with my baby boy! I'm also not sure how this whole "surfing" thing works with having my little one, I'd imagine some people are open to parents with their children. Sorry, I've probably went on and on wayyy too much lmao, but I suppose if I was looking to let a stranger into my home I would want to know as much as possible about that person first so I kind of gave you a little bit of everything about me! Xoxo 💛🌻

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm not gonna go into too much detail here because I pretty much covered it all in my "about me" haha, but basically because I'm a 27 year old single momma, with not a lot of money, and a burning desire to travel and experience new and beautiful places and people safely without spending a fortune! As a very young kid that had always been something I wanted to do, and I'm finally to the point where I am so beyond ready to start putting it into action and finding out creative cheap fun ways to travel. And for my son to be able to experience seeing the world with me, as I never got to do things like that as a child!

Music, Movies, and Books

As a only 27 year old City girl for the most part (Akron/Cleveland) not your biggest cities, but definitely not the country my favorite is old school rock music. Pink Floyd, Metallica, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, and literally sooo many more, but I of course throw in my rap and hip hop here and there. Not so much all the new stuff, 2Pac, Biggie, NWA, Snoop Dog, TLC, Diddy, Lil Wayne. I like very little country music, mostly stuff from when I was a kid like the old Tim McGraw and stuff like that. But you'll so very rarely catch me listening to a country station. I 90% stick to my old rock stations, you just can't go wrong with any of it haha. I get judged a lot because most of it is before my time and I definitely don't look like a girl that would rock out to the old shit, but that's what I grew up on mostly with my grandfather and my uncle's. Books, I love to read but these past couple years after becoming a mom I haven't been able to do much reading lol, live such a busy hectic life with work & fitting in play/learning time with him & cooking & cleaning and all that busy mom stuff, but I've been meaning to pick it up more again. I like to read about mystery, and real life things, I'm very infatuated with anything about war, and anything from the 40's to the 70's. I'm a 27 year old who has always felt I was born in the wrong generation completely! To have lived during a more simpler of a time, with less electronics and internet, and just the way society is in general nowadays. I would've loved to been this age anytime between the late 50's to mid 70's. I'm also very into learning things about the early 1900's, like early 20's-30's haha. I'm probably sounding boring, and I'm having way too much fun telling about myself lmao, but like I said I'd like to know as much as possible about the person possibly staying in my home! And movies, I love movie's, I've seen so many! I wouldn't say all of them by any means, but I'm a big movie person! Again war movies, I LOVE! Braveheart, any war movie about Vietnam, Pulp Fiction (one of my favs) Jersey Boys, The Lost Boys, Diary of A Vampire (I I think it's called with Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise, a fucking classic!) I really for some reason love old school gangster movies, all of the Godfather's of course!, Goodfellas, Casino, Scarface, etc. I love movie's about murder mysteries, The Black Dahlia is in of my all time favs, Training Day is definitely a classic. And don't get me wrong I am a woman I occasionally enjoy a romantic movie like Moulin Rouge, Audrey Hepburn flicks, The Notebook lol, Legends of The Fall is a great one lol I could go on and on for days lmao. But I'm more likely to watch any thriller, action, or war movie over a chick flick any day though! Lmao.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Become a mother to my sweet boy Armani Michael Orlando. By far the greatest thing I've ever and probably will ever do in my life in my eyes! 💛

Teach, Learn, Share

Well....even though I'm only not quite even 30 yet, I've honestly been through more in my life and at a young age than most ever in their lives. I don't say that one bit to brag or sound cool by any means. I say that because of the childhood and family and things I've experienced. Very poor, very drug addicted, abusive (in every way imaginable) family, growing up in a very poor and not good area, mostly blacks and poor whites. I saw things at a young age most never see or experience in a life time. I won't get into a ton of details, but things that were really tough and effected me very negativity in my early teens to early 20's. But things that I have now learned to overcome and deal with and I have the past couple years went and spoke here and there to groups of women, young and old and even men as well that can relate. I have been told by women and men that I've talked to and told my story to that I really helped them & helped them deal with issues & to change their life for the better. I used to be very ashamed of things I'd been through, wouldn't talk about it, basically made myself forget for a long time until it started affecting my life negativity as I got older and realized the hard way it was either recognize and work on it or let it drag me down forever! I never ever in a million years thought I would end up talking to and helping other women and men with similar back rounds, but it's an amazing feeling knowing that I can spread some knowledge and hope, and my story of making it through it. So in a way I have a lot to teach people that may not know much about or understand the trama and effects of growing up around toxic people and things, and drug abusers, and not having parents, and just even depression and little things like that. And that we don't have to be a product of our environment. For some it's easy to say "well stay away from drugs and bad people and places" but for so many of us growing up that's all we were around and knew and that it's not easy to "just stay strong" when as a child you have no choice or control as to what happens to you. But I personally am a story of someone who went through that life, and yes had some very low and bumpy years as a teenager but I didn't let it define me and I had more hope for myself than to keep that cycle of life and way of thinking going in my life and in my own family with my son. I am in no way perfect or completely better or where I want to be yet, but I have made serious strides and have had a lot of determination to not want to feel that way or live that way, so I found a way to make myself a better person, and deal with the things that could so easily have kept me down, and basically build a new family for myself of friends that I call family because my own is no good and toxic from me and even though they wish to see me fail and be like them because misery loves company that's more of a reason to keep pushing, and love them from afar. I hated my parents and aunt, and other family for so long, but all that hate did was hurt myself and keep myself from being the woman I want to be. Forgiveness is a very important thing. I've personally never been a believer of God (and I hope that's not getting too deep) but I have found other ways to love and forgive, and live as good as I can, and treat others with love and kindness, and for me that didn't have to be god. I am no way against God or church at all, I personally just don't feel I need it to be a good person and to do the right thing. I'm more of a spiritual person, I'm all for what works for you! For me not growing up in a family or world with church or God, it just wasn't taught to me, so I found my own way. But omg ANYWAYS LOL, I feel like now I've said too much and if you liked me before I said all of that personal stuff you might not now haha, but that's okay, I try to be as honest and genuine as I can, and try not to care what others think of me ( even though we all care a little bit, it's just human nature) I just try not to let it rule my life or the decisions I make. Because when I stop living to make myself and my son happy then I know I'm off track! Xoxo
Lmao and again sorry for the practical autobiography 😂😂 I feel pretty fucking silly about saying it all now, but I'm not gonna delete it all at this point 😂 haha.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Friendly, good conversation, humor ( because what the hell is life without humor?) A good time with my amazing little boy and I. Like I said I'm very simple, just to travel and sightsee and enjoy my time cheeply places is all I want to do. I don't want or need to do fancy things. Learn the history of the places I visit, enjoy meeting new people ( out of this damn state of Ohio I've basically never left lol) and relaxing! I'm a great cook, and I love to cook, I'd be happy to help cook meals for my hosts, help out around their home of course because I would never want to be rude and that's just the person I am, I like to help and contribute! So I most definitely wouldn't be a lazy mess maker haha! But basically I could share with my hosts whatever I can!

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States